Shirt Redo- Buttons and Resizing

I have this shirt. We had a love/hate relationship. It was a tad bit too big but it was so versatile at the same time. The v-neck was a little too wide an pooched out. I saw this tutorial (obviously I'm inspired by the things I see on the internet since my crafts recently have all sparked from ideas on the web-yes I love pinterest) and thought I could apply it to my sad shirt. See here it is being sad:

So here is my tutorial for resizing and adding buttons:

What you will need:
Buttons
Shirt you want to redo
Scrap of fabric (not pictured) (1.5" x length of the shirt)
General Sewing Supplies











Step 1: Turn shirt inside out and find the center of the front. My shirt was a v-neck so I just folded it in half at that line. Cut the shirt length wise.

Step 2: Line the scrap of fabric up on the backside of the left edge and fold 1.5". Overlap the right side and pin in place.

Step 3: Sew the edge of the left piece the length of the shirt. I also sewed the far side. (See last picture)

Step 4: Sew on buttons. I arranged my assorted buttons, measured the length of the shirt, and divided the length by the number of buttons. My buttons were 1 1/8" apart. I sewed on the first button and measured from the middle of that button 1 1/8" and marked with a fabric pencil. Well, I tried but the pencil wouldn't work so I just tried to juggle the tape measure in one hand while I started the needle in the right spot.

Step 5: Have a now happy shirt!

Got any good tshirt redos?